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Will that happen in this session of Parliament?

I have some concerns about the charges. I understand that you are going for full cost recovery and that the charges have not been increased for some time for some time. Most charges are now going up by at least 25 per cent and some are doubling. Have you considered the impact that that will have on farmers and crofters?

I have a quick question on crofting reform. We were promised reform in the previous session of Parliament, but that slipped because of Covid. It is really urgent. It may not seem a lot to many people, but it is stopping crofting development. When will reform happen and can you guarantee that it will happen during this session of Parliament?

Have any producers expressed concerns about that, or are they all reasonably relaxed because that is not a huge part of their business?

Just for clarification, you said that a third of the golden eagle population was disappearing. Is that the population around grouse moors, or are you talking about the Scottish golden eagle population as a whole?

Do you have a map that shows those disappearances?

Why are there two different types of muirburn licence—one for peatland and one for other areas?

So, will that come in secondary legislation under the affirmative procedure?

What progress has there been on the carbon neutral islands project, and what lessons have been learned that can be rolled out to other islands?

I will drill down to one small aspect. Fuel poverty is a huge problem for our islands. The small islands will be a good test bed for Government policy on fuel poverty. I am talking specifically about boiler replacement and insulation. Has work been done on that that we can roll out quickly? To me, that speaks of changes to national Government policy rather than being something that is specific to those wee islands. However, if we could test the policy there, it would be a win-win if we could then roll it out to other islands.